St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-30
The Tory Government Wishes
to Strike a Decisive
Blow,
But DareS Not Take Measures
That are Straight
forward.
Serious Trouble Feared at To-
Days Evictions on the
O'Grady Estates.
The Little Prineelet of Bulga-
ria Fast Losing His
Feeble Grip.
By Cable to the GLOBE.

LONDON, Aug. 29-The unexpected
meeting of the Irish privy council at
Dublin this afternoon gave rise to the
report that the total suppression of the
league had been determined upon by
the vicerOy, and it was further asserted
that na delay would ensue between the
official PRONUNCIATION of the order and
its liberal observance by the police.
Lord Ashbourne, lord chancellor of Ire
land, was present at the council,
and his attendance strengthened
the belief of the knowing
ones that the executive desire to con-
silmmate the recent proclamation of the
league as dangerous association by the
seizure of persons and papers was about
to be carried out. Later in the day,
however, it transpired that the report of
the governments intentions with regard
. to the league was premature, but it ap-
pears from the information gathered
. that Michael Davitt is to be made
to suffer for the language
lie used in his speech at Bray yesterday,
! and that all other Irish orators indulging
i'll similar harangues are to be promptly
arraigned before a magistrate and, ii
possible, convicted of reasonable acts
dlu lilpliSoleu. IHlS 10 duout lno only
Way in which the government can
bolster up its position, and if sufficient
number of the Irish leaders can be
seized upon one charge or another
TO CRIPPLE THE LEAGUE
the object of the Tories can be gained
without reSOrting to the extreme step of
SuppresSing branches of the league
wherever found with or without provo
cation, which would work more harm
than good in the influence itwould have
upon English opinions The Indictment
of Mr.. O'Brien for violent speeches at
MitchellStOwn is part of the pro-
gramme, though begun before the Offic-
ial scheme was completed, and tremend-
GUS efforts will be made to convict him.
The government officials are somewhat
achieving this object that can be
relied upon, as it is doubtful
whether jury can be. secured to the
governments liking. The government
Is extremely anxious just now to have
it understood that nothing irregular has
been reSOrted to in Mr. O'Brien'S case,
which fact is attested by the reply of
Col. KingHarmOn, Irish parliamenta-
rian and under secretary to Mr.. Dillon,
in hands of the commons this evening.
In answering one que sion Col. King
Irish members that nothing had been
done in the case of Mr.. O'Brien that
was not in strict conformity with the
crimes act, and that under that act the
government could have taken no
other course. The case, he said, would
come up Sept. 9, and would be tried
wholly on its merits. If Mr.. OBrien
could prove his innocence, that ended
the matter; if he could not he would be
Imprisoned.
THE EvICTIONS
from the O'Grady estates at HebertS-
town, which will begin tomorrow, are
expected to be marked with violence and
not unlikely bloodshed. The tenants
the equal determination of the evictOrS
to ouSt the tenants is shown by the fact
That a large number of troops will
be present to assist them. Probably
no evictiOns that have taken place in
Ireland within the year have been at
tended with an equal feeling of deSper-
alton On the one side and determination
Oh the other. A number of Irish leaders
will be present and the language of
their speeches will be carefully taken
down by government stenographers for
use against them when they shall be
summoned to appear in court, which I'M
doubtedly they will be.
/ NOTES FROM ABROAD.
Crown Prince Frederick William, of
Prussia, on the occasion of his taking
his departure from Braemen in the
highlands, presented his landlord with
valuable scarf pin and his landlady
with handsome portrait of himself.
Prince Ferdinand, for the moment
Prince of Bulgaria, is getting uneasy.
and the fact that the powers are divided
upon the question of his remaining at
Sofia is such way as to cause such a
virtual deadlock, is Just what worries
him. The support he expected, though
why he should have depended upon
any support with much confidence is
not quite apparent. has not been forth
coming and the state of uncertainty into
which he is now plunged has narrowed
the scope and number of questions for
him to consider until he has but one
left-the exact or approximate date of
his enforced departure from the scenes
of his tentatiOn rulership. However,
the Bulgarian question may be ulti-
mately settled one thing is certain.
Ferdinand must go, and it is equally
certain that he would better take his
departure without delay if he would es-
cape the experience of his predecessor.